Grains in pet plastic lemonade bottles.

[cornerstone]

I have seen it around for some time the storage of flour rice grains and sugar in water bottle in particular the 5 litre ones and was thinking of having a go at that with a bay leaf at the bottom and at the top in place of oxygen absorbers not for long term just for a year or two after freezing the stuff for a few weeks first

edit.
The grains i have in mind is
flour
sugar
lentils
oats

along those lines

[Bad Wombat]

I would think twice before storing oxygen sensitive product inside PET a bottle. PET is a poor oxygen barrier. Oxygen will creep back in - absorbers or not.

[Stasher]

I have seen it around for some time the storage of flour rice grains and sugar in water bottle in particular the 5 litre ones and was thinking of having a go at that with a bay leaf at the bottom and at the top in place of oxygen absorbers not for long term just for a year or two after freezing the stuff for a few weeks first

edit.
The grains i have in mind is
flour
sugar
lentils
oats

along those lines

???
Wot?

Bay leaves work as oxygen absorbers? Truly? As a cost efficient storage system (if I've read this correctly) that is going to take some beating.............

[Brambles]

I have seen it around for some time the storage of flour rice grains and sugar in water bottle in particular the 5 litre ones and was thinking of having a go at that with a bay leaf at the bottom and at the top in place of oxygen absorbers not for long term just for a year or two after freezing the stuff for a few weeks first

edit.
The grains i have in mind is
flour
sugar
lentils
oats

along those lines

???
Wot?

Bay leaves work as oxygen absorbers? Truly? As a cost efficient storage system (if I've read this correctly) that is going to take some beating.............

No they don't act as an Oxygen absorber. Bay leaves are however used as an insect repellant.

I can't see a problem with using drinks bottles for storage of a year or two at all.

[cornerstone]

I have seen it around for some time the storage of flour rice grains and sugar in water bottle in particular the 5 litre ones and was thinking of having a go at that with a bay leaf at the bottom and at the top in place of oxygen absorbers not for long term just for a year or two after freezing the stuff for a few weeks first

edit.
The grains i have in mind is
flour
sugar
lentils
oats

along those lines

???
Wot?

Bay leaves work as oxygen absorbers? Truly? As a cost efficient storage system (if I've read this correctly) that is going to take some beating.............

i saw it on you tube, they actually collapse the sides of the bottles so you know there is a good seal

[cornerstone]

I have seen it around for some time the storage of flour rice grains and sugar in water bottle in particular the 5 litre ones and was thinking of having a go at that with a bay leaf at the bottom and at the top in place of oxygen absorbers not for long term just for a year or two after freezing the stuff for a few weeks first

edit.
The grains i have in mind is
flour
sugar
lentils
oats

along those lines

???
Wot?

Bay leaves work as oxygen absorbers? Truly? As a cost efficient storage system (if I've read this correctly) that is going to take some beating.............

No they don't act as an Oxygen absorber. Bay leaves are however used as an insect repellant.

I can't see a problem with using drinks bottles for storage of a year or two at all.

i just want a year or two not 20 years

[Stasher]

thanks Brambles - hmmm, may try adding bay leaves to the current boxes

@ Cornerstone
I store rice etc just in ordinary plastic boxes in the original cellophaney packaging for a couple of years at a time with no obvious side effects. Unless you're buying in bulk I don't really see there's a need to decant the contents from the shop packaging

[Brambles]

As Stasher has mentioned, if you practice a good rotation system, for shorter term storage as you've indicated, you shouldn't need to decant at all.

[Deeps]

Just a thought but would wrapping the bottles in masking tape help their integrity ? It would block sunlight and maybe provide an extra barrier. Dunno, just off the top of my head.